James Ellroy
You can find below links to all my posts on the life and work of James Ellroy, plus here is the link to my biography of Ellroy Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy.
The titles of the posts are fairly self-explanatory, so I haven’t put a synopsis underneath. If you’re an Ellroy fan, just enjoy the scrolling!
Update: Since 2016 I’ve published several articles by Ellroy aficionado and friend Jason Carter. Jason’s posts are marked by his initials after the title.
Update II: In February 2024, I began a vodcast series titled Ellroy Reads, which you can access directly via my YouTube Channel.
Part Four: It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll (But He Likes it)
Part Eleven: The Wheels of History
Part Twelve: Age of Innocence (1958-1963)
Part Thirteen: Sentimental Education
Part Sixteen: From Cooley to Contino
Part Seventeen: Another Country
Part Twenty-One: Death of a Composer
Part Twenty-Two: Stan Kenton – Rhythm in Art
Part Twenty-Three: Hollywood Signs
Part Twenty-Four: A Night at the Mocambo
Part Twenty-Five: The Enchanters Edition
Part Twenty-Six: Images of Enchantment
Alan Sues: The Laugh-In Star who was Armand Ellroy’s Last Showbiz Connection
Albert Teitelbaum – The Man Who Sued James Ellroy
Aly Khan, Armand Ellroy and a Royal Biography
America was Never Innocent: James Ellroy as Historian (JC)
Bazaar Bizarre and the Demon Dogs
The Big Somewhere: Essays on James Ellroy’s Noir World
Bird Thou Never Wert: James Ellroy and Sexuality
‘Call Me Dog’: My Ellrovian Journey (JC)
Chip Kidd and James Ellroy: Art and Literature
Conversations with James Ellroy
Dick Contino: The Soul of the LA Quartet
Ellrovian Writers: Megan Abbott and David Peace
Ellrovian Writers II: Craig McDonald and Stuart Neville
Ellroy and Hammett: The Tory and the Communist
Elmore Leonard’s Rules of Writing: Avoid Prologues
The Elusive Film Adaptation of White Jazz
Fred Otash – Private Eye to the Stars
History Repeats Itself: James Ellroy and David Peace
I Never Knew Her in Life: The Black Dahlia Case in Popular Culture
In Dog Years: Ellroy at 70 (JC)
James Ellroy: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction
James Ellroy: A Life in Documentary
James Ellroy and Fallen Angels: Since I Don’t Have You
James Ellroy and Steven Parent: A Tale of Two El Montes
James Ellroy Day? – January 26
James Ellroy: Demon Dog of Crime Fiction – Extract
James Ellroy’s Denver Film Series: In a Lonely Place (JC)
James Ellroy: Faith of a Demon Dog
James Ellroy: From Author to Character
James Ellroy in Manchester: In my Craft or Sullen Art
James Ellroy on the Rodney King Scandal
James Ellroy: The Eye of This Storm
James Ellroy, the Playboy Channel and an Internet Controversy
James Ellroy: The Poet in the Porno Bookstore
James Ellroy – What’s in a Name?
James Ellroy’s Lonely Places: A Retrospective (JC)
James Ellroy’s 1984 Interview for Armchair Detective
James Ellroy’s THIS STORM – Review
James Ellroy’s Wisconsin Police Gazette (Series by Jason Carter):
Part Two: Milwaukee on the Make
Part Five: Bullets, Blood and Beer
Part Seven: Civil Unrest – is this America?
Part Eight: The Long Halloween
L.A. Confidential the movie – 20 years later (JC)
The Legacy of A.E. Housman: Roverpack (JC)
The Legacy of A.E. Housman: Redivivus (JC)
Lee Earle Ellroy – The Early Life of James Ellroy
The Man Who Introduced Me To James Ellroy (JC)
The Meaning of Perfidia: James Ellroy’s New Novel
The Murder of Jean Ellroy – The Search for Answers
The New Ellrovians – James Ellroy Conference
Perfidia – A Web of Connections
Perfidia Reviews: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Pitfalls of the True Crime Genre
Rita Hayworth and the Armand Ellroy Redemption
Sam Stiefel: The Producer and Conman Who Inspired James Ellroy
State of Play: Scholarship on James Ellroy
Ten Years of the Venetian Vase
The Mystery of Jean Hilliker’s First Marriage – Solved
The Two Men Who Saved James Ellroy’s Career
This Storm: Ellroy Comes Home (JC)
This Storm: James Ellroy and Joseph Knox in Conversation
This Storm: James Ellroy’s New LA Quartet Novel
This Storm: Patterns Across History (JC)
Unpublished James Ellroy Interview
Warren G. Harding and the History that Inspired James Ellroy
Widespread Panic by James Ellroy – Review
ZaSu Pitts and Jean Ellroy: Kindred Spirits? (Also see ZaSu Pitts: A Life of Mystery)
The Venetian Vase 
Hi Steven! I absolutely LOVED your “Conversations with James Ellroy” book! Will your new “Demon Dog of Crime Fiction” book ever be available in paperback? The hardcover price is just too much for me. Let me know. Thanks!
Hi Jason. Thank you. It will be Palgrave’s decision. It may take years. The wheels of academic publishing turn slowly.
Try the e-book edition or order a copy for your library.
Thanks Steven! I just got the book through an inter-library loan. AWESOME! It’s a great companion to your “interviews” book and the books by Peter Wolfe and Jim Mancall. I’m so glad the literary criticism community is finally taking notice of Ellroy.
I live in Denver, Colorado, and Ellroy moved here back in August. He hosts a monthly film series at a special theater in a south west Denver suburb (I’ll see him for his latest installment next week actually). I’ve attended every one of his screenings since they began in September. At our last event in January, he announced–loudly and humorously– to all the theater patrons that I was his son-in-law… so awesomely surreal.
I wish more people could see Ellroy like this. His “Demon Dog” act is awesome, but it’s microscopic compared to James Ellroy the man. In reality, as you likely know, Ellroy is very kind and genuine when talking with his fans.
Hi Jason, thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed the book. I’d heard that Ellroy had moved to Denver. I flew into Denver once and drove up to Wyoming. Just beautiful. I’m jealous you have such fantastic access to the man. Those film screenings sound fantastic. If he drops any hints about book 2 in LA quartet 2 let me know.
I can feel a post coming on about this new title. It’s quite intriguing. Thanks for the info Jason.